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<p>[QUOTE="vintagerobin, post: 248591, member: 486"]Several friends and I went to the Antiques Roadshow in Harrisburg PA last weekend. It's always an interesting trip. </p><p><br /></p><p>But last year in Virginia Beach it was more fun because there was more interesting stuff being brought in. In PA, I think we saw more guns and Victorian walnut furniture than anything. We also didn't see the Keno twins this trip and far fewer of the usual people from the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>I took a ladies gold watch that had been converted to a wristwatch with a grosgrain ribbon that my mother gave me one Christmas. I had never opened it assuming it was gold plated. But it was real gold and worth about $350. I also took my grandmother's pearls, which I knew weren't real pearls or cheap painted glass beads either. They were some type of shell bead coated with more ground shell and are better faux pearls. They were worth about $60. The third item was a Sterling guilloche pin with gold foil and tiny jewel inserts. It's what I kept from a collection that I had and sold off last year. It was also worth about $60.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a fun trip. We got away for the day and enjoyed ourselves. We were also very tired when we got back.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see in my other thread there was a comment about the early shows and the wait. That was the first that I went to also. It was in Baltimore. The line was around the block when we got there 2 hours early. The front of the line actually spent the night on the sidewalk. We didn't stay but walked around the block looking at what people had brought. The majority could have stayed home. I think people are more knowledgeable now after so many seasons of the show.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="vintagerobin, post: 248591, member: 486"]Several friends and I went to the Antiques Roadshow in Harrisburg PA last weekend. It's always an interesting trip. But last year in Virginia Beach it was more fun because there was more interesting stuff being brought in. In PA, I think we saw more guns and Victorian walnut furniture than anything. We also didn't see the Keno twins this trip and far fewer of the usual people from the show. I took a ladies gold watch that had been converted to a wristwatch with a grosgrain ribbon that my mother gave me one Christmas. I had never opened it assuming it was gold plated. But it was real gold and worth about $350. I also took my grandmother's pearls, which I knew weren't real pearls or cheap painted glass beads either. They were some type of shell bead coated with more ground shell and are better faux pearls. They were worth about $60. The third item was a Sterling guilloche pin with gold foil and tiny jewel inserts. It's what I kept from a collection that I had and sold off last year. It was also worth about $60. It was a fun trip. We got away for the day and enjoyed ourselves. We were also very tired when we got back. I see in my other thread there was a comment about the early shows and the wait. That was the first that I went to also. It was in Baltimore. The line was around the block when we got there 2 hours early. The front of the line actually spent the night on the sidewalk. We didn't stay but walked around the block looking at what people had brought. The majority could have stayed home. I think people are more knowledgeable now after so many seasons of the show.[/QUOTE]
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